Adding levels doesn't seem the case after I talked to him today. But with re entry you will get some more chips in play. Plus will add more to the prize pool. Might also get people to travel a little more knowing if they get coolered early then they can keep playing

Adding levels doesn't seem the case after I talked to him today. But with re entry you will get some more chips in play. Plus will add more to the prize pool. Might also get people to travel a little more knowing if they get coolered early then they can keep playing

Rebuy and re entry are way different. I don't think many people will care. But he's going to take vote this weekend. Adding levels he really didn't want to do. I think if he did he might have to charge more rake because it will add lots of time. So I don't really want him to rake more

Adding levels doesn't seem the case after I talked to him today. But with re entry you will get some more chips in play. Plus will add more to the prize pool. Might also get people to travel a little more knowing if they get coolered early then they can keep playing

This sounds good in theory, but it simply is not the case. Adding 15k per re-entry does not counter balance the addition of the player and the time it takes for said player to bust. Yes it helps the prize pool, but re-entry actually hurts the tournament structurally when you are talking about a 1 day event with 30 minute levels. Re-entry with no structural changes will actually create more shallow play mid to late in the tournament than has already been experienced.

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Originally Posted by DSqUaReD44

Rebuy and re entry are way different. I don't think many people will care. But he's going to take vote this weekend. Adding levels he really didn't want to do. I think if he did he might have to charge more rake because it will add lots of time. So I don't really want him to rake more

Adding a critical level or two will not add much time at all if the first level would be 50/100 as opposed to 25/50. With a 15k starting stack, there is much more value to a 2.5k/5k level and/or a 5k/10k level than the 25/50 level. If they were to start at 50/100 and add a 150/300 and a 2.5/5k or 5k/10k level and not implement re-entry, they would find that the tournament length would be comparable in time to what it already has been, but the value to the player would be infinitely higher.

With a 15k starting stack, there is much more value to a 2.5k/5k level and/or a 5k/10k level than the 25/50 level. If they were to start at 50/100 and add a 150/300 and a 2.5/5k or 5k/10k level and not implement re-entry, they would find that the tournament length would be comparable in time to what it already has been, but the value to the player would be infinitely higher.

Starting at 50/100 and adding levels would BE better, but MOST of the players would like it less. Every time I played a Venetian DSE there were people bitching about starting at 50/100, even though they are structured very well, esp up front.

It's very frustrating. As has been posted by lots of TDs most of the rubes wanna know "HOW MANY CHIPS YA GET?" and NEVER ask "hey is there a 150/300/25?"